Seeking Voices: Exploring the Science of Health and Healing

Hosted By: Dr. Monica Aggarwal

Over the years, as a nutrition specialist, as a cardiologist and as a patient, I have met so many people who feel sad, stuck, hopeless and confused. There are so many people looking to understand their lives, their purpose, the meaning of things and they are struggling. We are struggling as a society, as humans, as women, as moms, as patients, as husbands, as children.

I wanted to start this podcast to bring voices to people of hope, health and healing but also to share how people have overcome their sadnesses, their struggles, their pain. I think we have so much to learn from each other—not always from people in the limelight; but sometimes from the people around us living the day to day, drudging through, overcoming and being. I hope that this podcast makes people consider others more deeply, considers themselves more importantly and reminds us all to have hope, and look for the joy and happiness in the day to day. This is my hope. Stay tuned!

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Audio Podcast

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Episodes

Chef Babette Davis

Learning to Age Beautifully and Live with Vitality. A Chat with Chef Babette Davis.

What is the difference between aging well and simply aging? Have you considered what longevity means and what aging means without vitality? Meet Babette Davis, globally recognized plant-based chef, fitness enthusiast and motivational speaker who calls Inglewood, CA home. Key Areas We Discuss Fitness and aging The role of plant ...
The Science of Fat with Dr. William Li

The Science of Fat with Dr. William Li

Have you ever wondered about why you can't lose weight? Have you thought that your metabolism is just too slow to lose weight? Join me as I speak to Dr. William Li, physician, scientist and bestselling author of “Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself” and ...

Winning with Diabetes: Inspiring stories to help you thrive

Diabetes does not need to hold you back! Dr. Mark Corriere and Dr. Rita Kalyani are both diabetes specialists who have written a lovely book called Winning with Diabetes: Inspiring stories to help you thrive which we discuss in great depth. Essential reading for people who have diabetes and their families, ...

Building Resilience & Steps to Overcoming Anxious Feelings

Anxiety affects 31% of the American population and this number is increasing. People are noticing more and more anxious feelings, nervousness, depression and inability to cope with day to day activities. Understanding your anxiety is an important first step to building resilience. Join me as I speak to Dr. Carol ...

Learning How to Learn (and Some Uncommon Sense Teaching)

I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Barbara Oakley, a Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. Her work focuses on the complex relationship between neuroscience and social behavior. Dr. Oakley’s research has been described as “revolutionary” in the Wall Street Journal. She is a New York ...

Deep Dive into Plant Based Protein (and debunking some myths along the way)

I had a great time speaking with Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina. They are fabulous dietitians who are very well known in the nutrition field. They took me on a deep dive into the world of protein. We discussed a number of topics such as plant-based vs animal proteins, protein ...

Choose YOU Now with Julieanna Hever

Julieanna Hever speaks about her struggles with her weight and eating and how that helps her when she works with patients. I was most intrigued by her “Choose You Now Diet” book. I love the title and what that stands for. Choose you now. Very important to choose you. Have ...

How to Dramatically Reduce Health Risk for All Races

Dr. Kim Williams is a top cardiologist and he joined my show today to share how to dramatically reduce health risk for all races. The first half of the show Dr. Kim Williams shares how race plays a factor in health and what we can do to fix it. Have a question ...

How to Stop Yo Yo Dieting Forever and Never Diet Again

Today Akash Vaghela joins us to share How to Stop Yo Yo Dieting FOREVER and live a healthier lifestyle without dieting. What Akash Vaghela shares will leave you feeling healthier, less hungry and in the best shape of your life without having to spend hours a week in a gym ...
Social Connections and Health

Social Connections and Health (What Research Shows)

Today Dr. Beth Frates and I discuss what research shows about social connections and health.Dr. Beth Frates  is a pioneer in Lifestyle Medicine education and is an award-winning teacher at Harvard. This is a conversation that isn't had enough about how our health is impacted by our social connections. Listen into ...
How to Improve Kidney Health with Nutrition

How to Improve Kidney Health with Nutrition

Today Dr. Shivam Joshi shares how to improve kidney health with nutrition.Dr. Joshi is a highly awarded kidney doctor and joined me for an hour to share how our kidneys function, how to prevent kidney problems and discuss kidney disease.Have a question about kidney health? Join our conversation in our ...
Be a Plant-Based Woman Warrior Review with Ann & Jane Esselstyn

Be a Plant-Based Woman Warrior Review with Ann & Jane Esselstyn

Be a Plant-Based Woman Warrior Review! Today Ann and Jane Esselstyn dive deep into the creation of this plant-based bestselling cookbook. This plant-based cookbook is filled with over 125 delicious recipes for those who are on the go. Though the title is, Be a Plant-Based Woman Warrior, as we discuss ...
Diabetes Health

How to Improve Your Diabetes Health Once And For All

Today you'll learn how to improve your diabetes health while we speak with Dr. Cyrus Khambatta. Dr. Cyrus Khambatta is the co-author of The New York Times bestseller Mastering Diabetes. He co-created the Mastering Diabetes Method to reverse insulin resistance in all forms of diabetes, and has helped more than 10,000 people improve ...
How to have faith

How to Trust During Hard Times with Actress Gianna Simone

Actress Gianna Simone shares with us today how to trust during hard times in life. Gianna Simone has a beautiful spirit of hope and today you'll learn through Gianna's story how to push forward even in the darkest times of life. Episode Summary: Social media can be a bit of ...

Episode 8: The Making of Chef AJ

In this episode of "Seeking Voices of Health, Healing and Hope" I had the pleasure of speaking with Chef AJ. Chef AJ is such a delight. What I love about AJ is that she is so creative in the kitchen, brutally honest and not afraid to talk about the not ...

Episode 7: Moving Medicine Forward with Dr. Michael Klaper

In this episode of "Seeking Voices of Health, Healing and Hope" I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Michael Klaper. It was a true pleasure to speak to Mike about his transition to eating plant based. He talks a lot about how he made his transition—that it took some ...

Episode 6: Moving the Needle with Dr. Will Bulsiewicz

In this episode of "Seeking Voices of Health, Healing and Hope" I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Will Bulsiewicz about his journey. We talked about his training as a preeminent gastroenterologist, about how his eating habits made him feel lethargic and uncomfortable, about how meeting his wife changed ...

Episode 5: Finding Joy with Dean Ornish

In this episode of "Seeking Voices of Health, Healing and Hope" I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Dean Ornish We talked about purpose, joy, happiness and social connection. It was a wonderful talk. I thought a lot about what he said. He tells his story of how he ...

Episode 4: Food Addiction with Chuck Carroll

In this episode of "Seeking Voices of Health, Healing and Hope" I had the pleasure of speaking with the brilliant Mr. Chuck Carroll from PCRM’s, The Exam Room. He is an incredible host: inquisitive, insightful and kind.  What many of you might not know is that Chuck struggled with food addiction ...

Episode 3: Driving Change with Jane Esselstyn and Brian Hart

In this episode of "Seeking Voices of Health, Healing and Hope", my guests are a dynamic duo: Jane Esselstyn and Brian Hart. Jane Esselstyn RN is a lovely human being who I am lucky enough to call my friend. She is a skilled nurse, a researcher, mother, and teacher on ...
Seeking Voices, Kyler Pettry

Episode 2: Don’t Say Gay with Kyler Pettry

In this episode of "Seeking Voices of Health, Healing and Hope", my guest is a man named Kyler Pettry. Kyler is a fabulous person that I have been lucky to know. I met Kyler as my massage therapist—the best massage of my life by the way. He quickly became my ...

Episode 1: Plant-Powered Olympian Dotsie Bausch

In this episode of "Seeking Voices of Health, Healing and Hope", my guest is the amazing Dotsie Bausch. Dotsie has been a pioneer in the plant-based movement and runs an amazing campaign called Switch4Good that focuses on eating more plant based and the “ditching dairy” movement. She has caught national ...
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